Georg Luck

Georg Luck's books explore classical literature, ancient religion, magic, ethics and the transmission of texts. Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds gathers ancient material to show how ritual, divination and supernatural belief appeared in everyday and literary contexts. The Latin Love Elegy examines a poetic tradition shaped by desire, persona and formal convention. A Textual Commentary on Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XV focuses on the close decisions through which a classical text is established and interpreted. Ancient Pathways and Hidden Pursuits brings religion, morals and magic into the same field of inquiry. Across these studies, Luck moves between edited evidence and literary argument, allowing ancient voices to remain visible while explaining the cultural systems around them.